Mat Honan

Elon Musk's private spaceflight program, SpaceX, just announced NASA and Cape Canaveral Air Force Station approved a May 7 launch date for its COTS 2 mission.

The mission is a demonstration launch for NASA's Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) program, where SpaceX plans to blast a Falcon 9 rocket carrying a Dragon capsule into space. The capsule will (hopefully!) rendezvous and berth with the International Space Station.